Jack Gage (1946) - Tension

Jack GAGE (1946)

Affection - Oil on canvas. Magnificent work, ready to hang.

Dimensions without frame: 60cm x 90cm
Bottom left signed.

Unique at auction with top prices.

Jack Gage is an American artist. He drew much inspiration from the 1960s. Artistically, the decade began with the twin movements of Pop and Minimalism that emerged side by side. On the one hand, Pop defended the imagery of mainstream and mass media, and of products and consumerism. The artworks of artists such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, Tom Wesselmann, and Claes Oldenburg are inspired by the popular culture of the rapidly developing capitalism of the United States, where things like advertising, comics, and ideas about celebrity culture are central visual cues. A parallel movement developed on the West Coast in California — a kind that also related to language in art, and is seen as the first flowering of conceptual art. Minimalism developed a visual language without external references, focusing solely on line, color, and geometric form as important components of both painting and sculpture. The leading figures of Minimalism were Frank Stella, Donald Judd, and Agnes Martin. Pop Art was a prominent offshoot of Minimalism, a discipline that gained prominence through the work of artists such as Victor Vasarely and Bridget Riley. Worldwide, many artistic movements resonated with the creative concerns of the aforementioned movements, often with regional strengths and nuances. In Italy, Lucio Fontana and Piero Manzoni founded Spatialism, and in Germany the Zero group under the leadership of Günter Uecker adopted similar ideas. The influential school of existentialist philosophy was an important source of creativity for artists, with figures such as Francis Bacon and Alberto Giacometti worldwide renowned for their distinctive approaches to the human form and the anxiety associated with the human condition. (Artland.com)

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